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Friday May 23, 2025

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS The Lady at 100: Columbia Classics from the Locarno Film Festival APRIL 16 – MAY 24, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction APRIL 20 – SEPTEMBER 13, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Rosa Barba: The Ocean of One’s Pause MAY 3 – JULY 6, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS The Red Thread: Larry Gottheim’s Films MAY 15 – MAY 27, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers MAY 11 – SEPTEMBER 27, 2025

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

9 am – 5 pm

Perceptions of Sentience

Art
Free

United NationsEast Side Midtown

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9 am – 7 pm

UNBANNED: Exploring Censorship in Books, Art, & Media

FDR Four Freedoms State ParkManhattan

THE LIGHT SHOW – SQUARARTISTS CARD (3000 x 3000 px)

9 am – 5 pm

The Light Show: A Celebration of Illuminating Ceramics

Art
Free

A.MANO BrooklynBrooklyn

9 am – 4 pm

Staten Island Fleet Week

Staten Island Homeport PierStaten Island

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9:30 am – 3:30 pm

Anne Frank The Exhibition

Center for Jewish HistoryManhattan

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10 am – 6 pm

Poster House Spring 2025 Exhibition: Puerto Rico in Print: The Posters of Lorenzo Homar

Art

Poster HouseChelsea

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10 am – 6 pm

Poster House Spring 2025 Exhibition: Fallout: Atoms for War & Peace

Art

Poster HouseChelsea

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10 am – 5 pm

Dinosaur Safari

Cool Off at Orchard Beach – PH

10 am – 6 pm

Poster House Spring 2025 Capsule Exhibition: From the Bronx to the Battery: The Subway Sun

Poster HouseManhattan

The Flaming Lips – PH

10 am – 6 pm

Poster House Spring 2025 Capsule Exhibition: Copy/Paste/Print/Repeat: Mike King & the Art of the Gig Poster

Poster HouseManhattan

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10 am – 7 pm

The Song of Skin Hotel Pop-Up Shop

Beauty
Free

188 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10013New York, NY

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10 am – 6 pm

The LEGO® Botanical Garden Pop-Up at NY Botanical Garden

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

New York Botanical GardenBronx

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10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Spring First Discoveries

Ages: 4 and under
Family

Brooklyn Botanic GardenBrooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

TMS Makeup Shop NYC

Metropolitan PavilionChelsea

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11 am – 10 pm

“The Human Layer” gallery opening at Brooklyn Art Haus

Art
Free

Brooklyn Art HausBrooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBrooklyn

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Brooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

What Will People Think? // NYAAF Debut Exhibition

104 Charlton StSoho

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11 am – 6 pm

Colleen Franca: Outside/Inside

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

11 am

Radical Rockaway Scavenger Hunt

Ages: All
Family
Games

Bagel Barista StationRockaway Park

4 Artists

Noon – 5 pm

TABLA RASA GALLERY’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION: IDIOSYNCRATIC IDENTITIES

Art

Tabla Rasa GalleryBrooklyn

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Noon – 5 pm

IDIOSYNCRATIC IDENTITIES

Art

Tabla Rasa GalleryBrooklyn

Ceramics Now Exhibition-Announcement-2025

Noon – 5 pm

Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery presents ‘Ceramics Now’ featuring Daniel Barragán, Carson Culp, Kristy Moreno and Gina Tibbott

Greenwich House PotteryManhattan

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2 – 3 pm

New York Oud Festival Day Three

Free
Music

Metropolitan Museum of ArtUES

2 pm

Radical Rockaway Scavenger Hunt

Ages: All
Family
Games

Bagel Barista StationRockaway Park

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3 – 5 pm

Community Partnership Series – Bronx

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Community
Family

149th st grand concourseBronx

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3 – 5 pm

5-Borough Community Partnership Series – Bronx

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Community
Family

149th st grand concourseBronx

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